Streaming Sinclair Videos: Science

Link to Video (28 minutes)
"This video surveys the early history of microscopes and examines the discovery of cells."

Link to Video (19 minutes)
"A non-technical overview of how scientists study human fossils and use them to reach conclusions about cultural and physical evolution, emphasizing scientific method and the decision-making processes which scientists engage in."

Link to Video (60 minutes)
"Examines how dolphins are perceived by humans and what researchers have discovered in terms of how dolphins communicate, think, and relate to humans. Includes footage of Kewalo Basin Marine Mammal Laboratory and Sea Life Park on Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi."

Link to Video (58 minutes)
"Scientist, David McCullough, journeys to some of the remote places on earth which Darwin had explored and from which he developed his theory, distinguishing science from religion, and opening vast areas of research for new generations."

Link to Video (60 minutes)
"Explores the habitats of the Tibetan plateau, the creation of a new island in the Hawaiian Islands chain, the marine habitat of the Galapagos Islands, the canopy of the Costa Rican cloud forest, and the Canadian arctic."

Link to Video (22 minutes)
"Discusses the significance of such concepts as the food chain, pyramid of numbers, and the predator-prey relationship in the organization of animal communities. Illustrates these concepts as applied to relationships among the brown lemming, pomarine jaeger, least weasel, and snowy owl in arctic regions and between the Adélie penguin and the south polar skua in antarctic regions."

Link to Video (26 minutes)
"Examines efforts to understand the origin of the universe including radiotelescope monitoring of radiation from the "big bang", the use of computer modeling and particle accelerators to explain the mechanics of origin, and the insights provided by "inflation" theory, super string theory and mathematical approaches. Examines the search for precursors to the chemistry of life by looking at scientific research into bacteria that live on sulfur in submarine, volcanic environments, laboratory experiments with amino acids, and the search for pre-organic molecules in meteorites collected in Antarctica and Australia."

Link to Video (30 minutes)
"Reports on current research being conducted on Coconut Island in such areas as coral reefs, pelagic fishes, artificial reefs, and endocrinology. Includes the evaluation of artificial reefs off Waikiki."

Link to Video (28 minutes)
"According to recent seismological observation, a great amount of seismic energy has been stored on the south of Tokyo. Today, an earthquake of magnitude 7 may well happen because of the accumulated energy, and seismologists are concentrating their energy on earthquake prediction. This film shows many useful experiments by elaborate models, for example, by a Japanese vegetable jelly."

Link to Video (40 minutes)
"Explains the moon phases and how they were used by ancient Hawaiians in fishing and agriculture. Descriptive re-telling through chants and Hawaiian and English narrations."

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"Explains and demonstrates tsunamis in the three stages of generation, propagation and run-up through computer graphics, filmed observations and hydraulic modeling. Shows tsunamis which have occurred in Hilo and Lanikai (1946), Makaha and Haleiwa ( 1957) and the Kurile Islands (1963)."

Link to Video (21 minutes)
"Shows stages of volcanic activity and a detailed view of a major volcanic eruption. Describes techniques used in measuring earthquake activity."